spetsborgare

== Swedish == === Etymology === Calque of German Spießbürger, equivalent to spets +‎ borgare. Cognate of Danish spidsborger. Note that German Spieß (“spear”) does not mean the same as Swedish spets (“tip”). === Noun === spetsborgare c (dated) philistine Synonyms: kälkborgare, småborgare ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== spetsborgerlig === References === “spetsborgare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “spetsborgare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) kälkborgare in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)